It was a super cute fight, but the winner has finally been decided! This year’s No. 1 ranked character is… My Melody! My Melody magnificently overcame HELLO KITTY’s momentum as the No. 1 character two years running to win the No. 1 spot as the most popular Sanrio character.
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On July 19 and 20, 2014, San Francisco’s Japantown hosted the annual J-Pop Summit featuring artists including the Guest of Honor, former AKB48 member ...
On July 19 and 20, 2014, San Francisco’s Japantown hosted the annual J-Pop Summit featuring artists such as May’n and former AKB48 member Tomomi Itano...
Beginning on July 26, limited items from the San Diego Comic-Con in the U.S. became available to buy in real-time at the event Harajuku Comic-Con 2014 being held now at Tokyo’s flagship store for hot toys, Toysapiens.
In celebration of the release of the newest *Pokémon* movie, *Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction*, and the simultaneously screening short film *Pikachu, What Kind of Keys Are These?*, an exhibit called “Pokémon the Movie XY Exhibit: Let’s Meet Pikachu at the Roppongi Hills Observatory!” is taking place now.
LiSA has built an unshakable position as one of today’s most popular female artists. On July 20, she held a large-scale, outdoor solo concert at the Conifer Forest in Fuji-Q Highland called “LiVE is Smile Always - LiSAMMERLAND.”
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It has been announced that the Pikachu Cafe has opened in sync with the exhibit “Pokémon the Movie XY Exhibit: Let’s Meet at Roppongi Hills Observation Deck Tokyo City View!” which is being held from July 19 to Aug. 31 on the Roppongi Hills observation deck, Tokyo City View.
As a special project for the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2014 (Kyomaf 2014) to be held on Sept. 20 and 21, train cars wrapped in anime characters called Kyomaf Series have been unveiled!
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